Collection
On Rumpnillion Bastadons
The Rumps: officers, councils, holy books, economics, and the Rump Factor.
The collection notes↗
Lieutenant Gorginmeijer Borgleaus
Cæmbodeus, Holy Book on the teachings of Chæmbo
Deputy General Coagulis Benetard (the Benetard Defence)
Thramboshi Gnoesh (Rump dogs)
Rumpish -high -old
Petty Officer Theronomos Grain & wife Purella
Leftenant Dr. Sheffenmeijer (Sheffenmeijer’s Taxonomy on Cheeks)
Commander Felix Don Grompulous “Felix the Ferocious”
Rumi Rumi Rumpkin
(BCP 6547)
Shalimar the Denier (Pro-Chicken activist, scientist, Grand Marshall of the Toledo chapter of the Chicken-Brigade, loving father, and devoted husband, d. 1898 AD)
Former Rumpish Corporal
General Tso, ancient warrior and chef.
Hassimir Council, the governing body which awards (and defrocks) Rumpish peoples of their Rump Factor (RF). Founded in 500 CP by Mayor Davos Hassimir after The Destruction of Chickenheim and The Fall of Chickendom. The Hassimir council only once awarded a RF to a non-Rumpish person (NRP), this was Professor Zanzibar, who was given an honorary RF by Lieutenant Gorginmeijer Borgleaus. Borgleaus was called before the council, reprimanded, and the practice was thereafter discontinued. Zanzibar was stripped of his RF only after his association and meddling in Chicken affairs was discovered.
Mayor Davos Hassimir, founder of the Hassimir Council.
Al Capone, smuggler responsible for disassembly of the Chicken-brigade.
Quillakas Adallphaltibus,
Led the first Rumpish expedition to Malaysia. Spent many years traveling mainland China and Mongolia. Legend has it that he met General Tso in his travels and helped in the invention of general Tso’s chicken.
NRP and NRF
Non-Rumpish Persons (the more general term, for lesser beings than Rumpnillion Bastadons). NRFs are a subset, and refer to Non-Rumpish Felines and distinguish them as not having Rump Factors, or “No Rump Factor”, which is an informal use of the term.
IGRSE (The Intergalactic Rumpish Securities Exchange),
As the largest stock exchange in the known universe, the IGRSE is often referred to as “the beating heart” of the Rumpish economy and by extension all of Rumpish civilization. It was initially established near the end of The Great Doldrum with the aim of providing greater economic and political stability to the Local Group.
Entries in this collection
People & persons
- Al Capone — The Chicago bootlegger (1899–1947), and the smuggler responsible for the disassembly of the Chicken-Brigade.
- Chæmbo, The Barbarian — The Rump of Doom: an ancient Rump warrior, outside every rank and Rump Factor, whose purpose has always been the extinction of all bird-kind; he unmade the precursor birds and Chickenheim, and captured Neith in 1777 AD.
- Coagulis Benetard — Deputy General, known for the Benetard Defence.
- Davos Hassimir — Founder of the Hassimir Council, which in 500 CP took over the government of the Rumps from the IGRSE.
- Felix Don Grompulous — Commanded the Rumpish forces that finished The Destruction of Chickenheim; swallowed Randolph Kraumpett whole except his tail, which earned him the title “Felix the Ferocious”.
- General Tso — The Qing general Zuo Zongtang (1812–1885), remembered in the archive as a warrior and a chef.
- Gorginmeijer Borgleaus — “The Young Rump”: instrumental, under Lieutenant Torumund Borgin, in the assault on Chickenheim; a Lieutenant in The Fall of Neith; and since 1957 AD Premier Commander of Earth Ops.
- Lycurgus Aristides Zanzibar — Professor of Sneek Studies at Sheffenmeijer University, and the only non-feline ever given a Rump Factor, though only an honorary one.
- Markus Von Stramp — Posed as Father Hell, director of the Vienna observatory, who declared all observations of the satellite optical illusions.
- Mersenne Prime — The only Earth Cat, and the only non-Rump of any kind, ever given a true Rump Factor: 0.6.
- Purella — Wife of Petty Officer Theronomos Grain.
- Quillakas Adallphaltibus — Led the first Rumpish expedition to Malaysia.
- Romanoff Shauberger — Listed in On Rumpnillion Bastadons.
- Rumi Rumi Rumpkin — A notable Rump of around 6547 BCP, extremely cunning and vicious, who lived long before Rump Factors were established.
- Shalimar the Denier — Pro-Chicken activist, scientist, Grand Marshall of the Toledo chapter of the Chicken-Brigade; former Rumpish Corporal; d. 1898 AD.
- Sheffenmeijer — The prominent Rumpish scholar whose works are considered the defacto authority on Sneeks, Cheeks, Beeks, Neeks, and Bookoos and Nakoos.
- Tarthrop Asimoth — Listed in On Rumpnillion Bastadons.
- Theronomos Grain — Petty Officer; his wife is Purella.
- Torumund Borgin — A Lieutenant at The Destruction of Chickenheim, assigned the highest Rump Factor in 500 CP, later General over Earth Ops and many other programs; led The Fall of Neith aboard the RF-9 and summoned Chæmbo.
Creatures
- Thramboshi Gnoesh — Rump dogs.
Celestial bodies & places
Events & eras
- Chæmbo’s Peace — The long subjugation of the Chickens by the Rumps, which followed The Destruction of Chickenheim and gives the common era (CP) its name.
- The Chæmbrolāmbra — The shadow of Chæmbo's ship, the Neith-Taker, vast enough to blot out the Sun; remembered above all from The Fall of Neith, when many Chickens did not heed it.
- The Destruction of Chickenheim — The ruin of Chickenheim, home-planet of the Chickens, in 0 CP, and The Chicken Diaspora that followed; also called The Fall of Chickendom.
- The Fall of Neith — The Rumpish assault on Neith in 1777 AD (1898 CP), and the capture of the entire moon by Chæmbo’s ship.
Organizations & institutions
- Chickenheim Ops — Called Death Watch: the Rumpish operation that watched Chickenheim for years before its destruction in 0 CP.
- Earth Ops — The Rumpish operation overseeing Luna and Earth itself; overseen by General Torumund Borgin, and led since 1957 AD by Premier Commander Gorginmeijer Borgleaus.
- Hassimir Council — The premier Rumpish governing body since 500 CP, when it took over government from the IGRSE; it awards (and defrocks) the Rump Factor.
- Intergalactic Rumpish Securities Exchange — The largest stock exchange in the known universe: the Rumps' first and greatest institution and, until the Hassimir Council took over in 500 CP, in effect their government; since then the engine of the Rumpish economy.
- Sheffenmeijer University — Named for Leftenant Dr. Sheffenmeijer.
- The order of the Nilnatins — An order listed in On Rumpnillion Bastadons.
- Venus Ops — The Rumpish operation that oversaw Venus and its moon Neith; a sister operation of Earth Ops.
Sciences, concepts & terms
- NRP and NRF — Non-Rumpish Persons, and the subset of Non-Rumpish Felines.
- Rump Factor — The score of military merit by which the Hassimir Council has ranked the Rumps since 500 CP, and which decides who undergoes their 999-year training.
Artifacts & works
- Cæmbodeus — Holy Book on the teachings of Chæmbo, The Barbarian, revered by the Rumps as scripture.
- Sheffenmeijer's Taxonomy of Cheeks — An 8,593 page treatise, required reading for all students attending Sheffenmeijer University.
Vessels
- Neith-Taker — The ship of Chæmbo, The Barbarian, built after The Fall of Chickendom to swallow entire moons; it captured Neith in 1777 AD (1898 CP).
- RF-9 — General Torumund Borgin's massive vessel, aptly named after his top tier Rump Factor, 9, the highest.